Ficlet: HP, Lupin for rosewildeirish

[raegan_1]

Title: Less to Lose
Author: Rae
Fandom: HP
No pairing, Lupin-centric, Harry
Warnings/Notes: Lupin introspection. Rose said "HP" not H/D, and I said "It'll probably be a Snape/Lupin" but it wasn't. Written for rosewildeirish for the prompt of "Pride/Jealousy."

Summary: Lupin contemplates dichotomy.

Comments

[rosewildeirish]

Awww. Nicely done.

[raegan_1]

Thank you. It didn't go where I thought it would, but, meh. Sometimes reality beats out over expectations. ^__^

[ice_is_blue]

Angsty! I -like- :D It's an interesting character point you bring up. Lupin has lost -a lot- and usually he's portrayed as some noble, self-sacrificing parent-figure. And while people like that frequently can and do exist, I imagine he would be torn like this... seeing that bit of Harry's happiness and just aching for some of his own.

(the geek fic was a bit too geeky for me, ^^;;;; mostly because if Rodney is perfection, I really fear for the world.... and I didn't know who the other guy was... he doesn't sound like the cute Scottish doc... which makes me think he's the weasely rat-like scientist guy, and my brain just does not want to go anywhere near there ^^;;;;;)

[raegan_1]

*glomps* I'm glad you liked the angst (I think I should go back and add an angst tag, just because it'd be interesting to see how few of my fic-bits fall under it. :D But, yeah.

I was honestly thinking originally of Snape being proud, or jealous, but even before I'd done the first line, Lupin was prominent. And then it was going to be Lupin jealous of someone else who had Snape's respect (if nothing else), but... *shrug* I let it pull me where it would, and I liked it. (Even if it was angsty.)

The other guy was Radek, though I'm not going to comment on the "rat-like" bit. Because I can see it, even if I don't agree, and yes, you're right. And yeah, it was geeky. The funny thing is that I pulled from it information we'd discussed in two of my classes yesterday. *is a not-so sneaky geek.*